Spare-tire holder.



No. 872,892. PATBNTBD DEC. 3, 19.07,.

F. E. BOWBRS.

SPARE TIRE HOLDER. APPLICATION rum our. 28,-1906.

' tire holders applied t .ereto.

or plan view of one of the holders showing.

FREDSON E. BOW'ERS, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

SPARE-TIRE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907;

Application filed October 26. 1906. Serial No- 340.709.

T0 all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, FREnsoN E. Bownns,

a citizen ofthe United States, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Spare-Tire Holders; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings'and the letters of reference marked thereon, to bee; full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in'

Figure 1 a side view of aportion of a motor vehicle sho my improved spare Fig. 2 a top the socket as turned for attachment to the dashboard. Fig. 3 asimilar-view-of another holder showing the socket in osition for attachment to the seat flange. ig. 4 a side view of a clip adapted tobe attached to the running-board. Fig. 5 an edge view of the same. Fig. 6 a plan view of the outer end of the arm adapted to hold two tires.

' This invention relates to an improvement in spare tire-holders, that is, devices for supporting or attaching spare motor wheel tires to a motor vehicle. These spare'tires have been attached to motor vehicles in various ways, but preferably the are carried in a vertical osltion at one si e of the vehicle.

The object of this invention is to provide forked arms to which the tire maybe strapped so as to be firmly held and which will not be unsightly, and which may be conveniently attached to motor vehicles of ordinary construction; and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

' In carrying out my invention, I provide means for attaching the tire at three points, and it is the means of attachment at two of these points to which I will more specifically refer, and each of which comprises a straight shank 2 preferably'round in cross-section and formed at its outer end with fingers 3, 4 forming a semicircular yoke to receive the tire which is secured therein by straps 5 passing through eyes 6 in the ends of the fingers. The socket is of T-shape comprising a plate 7 by which it may be attached to the vehicle, and a tubular portion 8 through which the "seat.

16 like the straps 5.

' scribed.

tudinally and rotatably adjustable and in which it may be clamped by set screws 9'. The socket for one of these arms maybe attached tothe dashboard 10 or other suitable shank 2 extends and in which it is longipoint forward of the seat, while a second socket may be secured to the under faceof the outwardly extending -flange11 of the arms is passed and clamped therein by the set screws, the armsopening toward each other and turned at the proper angle to receive the tire 12whichis secured in place. by

the straps 5. As the construction of ma chines di'fiers the length of the arms 2 will vary according to circumstances, so I prefer to construct them as long as can possibly'be Into ,each of these sockets one of the required,-it being a simple matter to cut them off to the required length. A tire thus adjusted stands over the running-board 13,- .and' to attach'the tire thereto I provide a U- shaped clip '14 which is secured to the upper; face of the running-board an'd'forr'ned wlth eyes 15 for the attachment of a securing strap A tire can thus be conveniently carried, and asthe arms are at a point above the center of the tire, it follows that it will be securely held in place, and the arms may be of desired design to give an attractive appearance. In some cases two spare tires. are carried, and if so, the arms may be formed with two "sets of fingers asv shown in Fig. 6, it being understood that such case two clips or a double clip will be secured to the running-board.

I claim v v p The herein described spare tire holder com-.-

prising a straight shank, two fingers projecte ing from one side thereof at substantially right angles thereto, a strap engaged wit said fingers, a socket in,which the inner end of the shank is longitudinally and rotatably adjustable, and means for securing said shank in the socket, substantiall as de- I FREDSON BOWERS.

Witnesses:

FREDERIC C. EARLE, OLA-Ra L. WEED.

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